Dell PowerEdge 4200 Series User Manual

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3-18 Dell PowerEdge 4200 Systems User’s Guide3. Select the removable-media device.Drive status items appear as shown in Table 3-5.Table 3-5. Drive Status ItemsVerify StatusThe Read After Write Verify option (menu option 2) is setto Hardware Level by default. This option cannot be speci-fied in the startup.ncf or autoexec.ncf file. However, thedefault can be set on the command line. See “Using theload Command Line Options” found earlier in this section.The available options are defined as shown in Table 3-6.Table 3-6. Read After Write Verify OptionsMount StatusMounting causes a drive to come online as a NetWarestorage device. Dismounted drives are inactive and can-not be accessed.Before you eject your current media, you should first dis-mount it (using menu option 5). When the mount status isDismounted, you can eject the media. However, NetWaredoes not allow you to dismount media that are locked.To insert your new media, wait for the drive to spin up,and then select the Removable Drive Mount Statusoption.Lock StatusIf your removable-media device supports the lock/unlockfeature, you can lock the media (using menu option 6).The media must be in the Not Locked state before youcan eject it. If the media is locked, it cannot be ejectedwhen you press the eject button.Using Drives Tested and Approved forNetWareTo be fully certified as NetWare “Yes, Tested andApproved,” a drive and host adapter must both pass aqualification process that takes place before you see theproduct. The goals of NetWare testing are to simplifyinstallation and provide the highest quality disksubsystem.Adaptec 78xx series host adapters and their drivers arefully tested and approved for NetWare. This means thatyou can purchase a NetWare drive (certified as “Yes,Tested and Approved”) from a vendor, connect it to yourcomputer system or host adapter, partition it, and create avolume without any compatibility concerns.NOTE: Dell recommends using only Dell-tested drives.Adaptec’s aic7870.dsk driver module is flexible enoughto allow you to connect SCSI drives that are tested andapproved for NetWare as well as standard SCSI drives toa single host adapter. The driver registers each hard-diskdrive accordingly.Drive registration is a user-transparent process; no userinteraction is required. You can tell that the drive hasbeen detected as NetWare-tested and NetWare-approvedif the message NetWare Yes Tested andApproved is included in the drive description stringthat appears when you run monitor.nlm (disk options).Menu Option Default ValueVolume Segments on Drive1 Select for a listRead After Write Verify1 Hardware LevelDrive Light Status1 Not supportedDriver Operating Status1 ActiveRemovable Drive Mount Status2 MountedRemovable Drive Lock Status2 Not Locked1 Valid for both removable and nonremovable typesof SCSI drives2 Valid for removable media onlyOption Setting FunctionDisabled All writes to SCSI disk drives areexecuted with the SCSI Writecommand (0Ah or 2Ah).HardwareLevelAll writes to SCSI disk drives areexecuted with the SCSI Write andVerify command (2Eh) or (if thiscommand is not supported by thedrive) with the SCSI Writecommand (0Ah or 2Ah), followedby the SCSI Verify command (2Fh).Software Level Not supported.